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Seems like I recalled that back in the WWII days the typical adult male averaged around 5-10 and 160 lbs.....I don't know for sure about bigger, faster, and stronger but I can almost guarantee fatter.....

Seems like I recalled that back in the WWII days the typical adult male averaged around 5-10 and 160 lbs.....I don't know for sure about bigger, faster, and stronger but I can almost guarantee fatter.....

and dumber also ... Flouride in the water supply has calcified the pineal glands and decreased intelligence in most of the us population. "39 human studies linking moderately high fluoride exposures with reduced intelligence ...." See Link

and dumber also ... Flouride in the water supply has calcified the pineal glands and decreased intelligence in most of the us population. "39 human studies linking moderately high fluoride exposures with reduced intelligence ...." See Link

We should definitely take a study from Fluoride Alert as a reputable source for all things related to fluoride. That toothpaste is out to get us.
If that was the case wouldn't clemson fans be smarter?

We should definitely take a study from Fluoride Alert as a reputable source for all things related to fluoride. That toothpaste is out to get us.
If that was the case wouldn't clemson fans be smarter?

In a recent Harvard study it has been proved to be a neurotoxin, not only calcifying the body but also damaging the nervous system over time and lowering the IQ. I believe it wont be long before it is banned completely in the US. Some cities are already taking it out of their water, Dallas is one. So yess highly recommend switching to fluoride free toothpaste..Toms is great :)

In a recent Harvard study it has been proved to be a neurotoxin, not only calcifying the body but also damaging the nervous system over time and lowering the IQ. I believe it wont be long before it is banned completely in the US. Some cities are already taking it out of their water, Dallas is one. So yess highly recommend switching to fluoride free toothpaste..Toms is great :)

I believe Harvard just performed the meta-analysis on studies from China, unless we are thinking of different studies. I don't believe there have been many comparable studies in the US. I think you also have to approach studies like these with a fair amount of caution. As with nutritional scientific studies, it is easy to run with a conclusion that turns out to be wrong (or, at least, more complicated than we thought).

I have no interest in defending fluoride, just to be clear. However, studies in most of the "special sciences" rarely tell us as much as proponents claim.

And, this applies to the OP's cited article as much as the tangential fluoride debate.

I believe Harvard just performed the meta-analysis on studies from China, unless we are thinking of different studies. I don't believe there have been many comparable studies in the US. I think you also have to approach studies like these with a fair amount of caution. As with nutritional scientific studies, it is easy to run with a conclusion that turns out to be wrong (or, at least, more complicated than we thought).

I have no interest in defending fluoride, just to be clear. However, studies in most of the "special sciences" rarely tell us as much as proponents claim.

And, this applies to the OP's cited article as much as the tangential fluoride debate.

Well stated. Interesting that the country with the least occurance of early onset neurodegenerative diseases (India) also does not use Fluoride. Of course someone dies every 3 seconds from traffic accidents there.

Def very interesting. I agree that advances in technology and higher participation plus better training techniques and better diets are largely the reasons why athletes are breaking records in sports. But I do believe that athletes are getting bigger and stronger and more efficient also due to better training and diets tailored to their specific sports. I think athletes select their favorite sports at young ages and train their bodies and tailor their diets over their lives to achieve an ideal size for their particular sport. More kids are training their bodies for football and basketball in the US then say soccer. If soccer were the popular sport out best athletes wouldn't train their bodies for football they would do more cardio and train for soccer

Def very interesting. I agree that advances in technology and higher participation plus better training techniques and better diets are largely the reasons why athletes are breaking records in sports. But I do believe that athletes are getting bigger and stronger and more efficient also due to better training and diets tailored to their specific sports. I think athletes select their favorite sports at young ages and train their bodies and tailor their diets over their lives to achieve an ideal size for their particular sport. More kids are training their bodies for football and basketball in the US then say soccer. If soccer were the popular sport out best athletes wouldn't train their bodies for football they would do more cardio and train for soccer

Well yeah technology, information and everything else...

genetically speaking, since older guys always say "they didn't make em like that in my day"